Gyroscope for torpedo-steering mechanism.



GYRDSCOPE FUR TURPEDD STEERING MECHANISII.

(Application led Dec. 20, 1898.)

(Nu Model.)

f UNITED STAT-Es PATENT j OFFICE.

' IUD'WIG oRY, oF.'rnIEs'r,"AUSTRIAHUNGRY,ASSIGNOR.'rowmTEnEAn 4 aco.,or FIUME, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY, l

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f Be it known thatl, LUDWIG O BRY,.engi7 neer, a citizen of the Empireof AustriaHun'- provements Ain 'and Connected -with- ,GyroL scopes orGyroscopic Steering Mechanism for particularly to the gyroscope formingpart of the said apparatus, but'is applicable-also toY 'x5 gyroscopicmechanism for other purposes. `Theiecompanyi'ng drawing is partlyaplan"and partly ahorizontal section of a gyroseope embodying my invention.

As'shown by the drawing, the conical ends.I balls .t, held in vadzo ofthe axle r run on i ju'stable blocks or plugs T; each of the said plugsbeng screwed radially into the gimbalringq and 4having in its face acup-shaped 'cavity adapted to receive the balls.

after adjustment, the gimbal-ring q is slotted at-the right and leftofeach bore, serving to receive'on'e-of the said. plugs., and screws vresiding'at- Triest, Austria-Hungary, 5 'have inventedcertainmewand.useful Im.

In order that the plugs T may be held fast extend across the-parts whichhavebeenseparatediby the slots, by means of which 'screws 3o the: saidparts may` be drawn .together 'after the plugsT have been adjusted. Bythis improvement the timqduring which the heavy mass R 'continues'`revolve, and" consequently the. time during hich 'the gy. 35 roscoperemains undercontrol of .its steering.' 'capaeity, is much increased` lWhat I- claim as my inve tion, and desire: to secure by Letters Patent,is-YJ The combination wlth a. gmbal-ring pro- 4o-V vjdefl at-dimetrically-opposite points with bores, and being slotted oneach'side. of said bores, of plugs seated in the bores, and haveing-ball-races, a rotatable body R within* the' i ring and havingbearing ends projecting into 45' the cavities of the plugsy forming the.hall-v races, balls arranged in said cavities fand -upon which thehearing ends of bodyRbar, and means for clamping -theslott'iedf.parte'ofI the ring and securing the plugs, in positio; 5o' Inwitness whereof I have hereunto set my l. hand in presence of twowitnesses LUDWIG". QBR- Y Witnesses

